Thomas Sattelberger has been Chief Human Resources Officer and Member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Telekom AG since 2007. He previously held operational and HR-board positions at Continental AG and Lufthansa German Airlines. Before that he spent 20 years in various management positions at the former Daimler Benz AG. His main focus at Deutsche Telekom is on the strategic orientation of HR, global talent management, and international labor cost management.

In addition to his role as Vice President of the European Foundation for Management Development, Thomas Sattelberger is also active in advisory and management bodies of business schools in Germany and internationally.

He is a member of the Presidential Board of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) and fellow of the International Academy of Management.